Schweaty November Workout

Hey friends! It’s THE WEEKEND 🙂 What are you up to? My friend Hayley gets in from Atlanta later this morning and besides baby shower adventures, we have a few shenanigans planned. It should be a lot of fun.

For dinner last night, I had my heart set on a new type of pizza- I had been scheming it in my brain all day. All I needed to do was stop and get the ingredients, but after the Pilot got off work and we chilled at the madre’s for a little while, we realized it was 8:30 and we were both starving. No time to mess around with pizza.

Renee’s Organic Oven to the rescue! The Pilot ordered himself a sandwich, and got me this AMAZING hummus tostada with goat cheese instead of feta. It had a crunchy corn crust, hummus, veggies, salad greens and goat cheese. I topped it with some Goddess dressing + red chili flakes, and it was everything I could wish for.

This morning, I made a quick egg-rito

which I couldn’t roll up, since the tortilla was too crispy. I love Trader Joe’s brown rice tortillas, but if you don’t act quickly, they get hard fast (I’m not even going to say it, haha).

I’m off to take LaBlast from the creator himself (so excited!) and then to the airport.

See ya later today!

xoxo

Gina

*Hope all of my friends at Foodbuzz and Dole continue to have an amazing time- wish I could have been there! If you’re in San Francisco, please eat a block of goat gouda from Cowgirl Creamery for me 😉

Something to do:Schweaty November Workout!

Ready to get schweaty?

Thank you guys so much for the amazing feedback on the monthly workouts I’ve been posting- I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed them, and I’ll be sure to throw in more ab and leg burners this month to squeeze in in between holiday adventures and busy schedules. I love hearing what you think about the workouts, so when you give it a try, please leave a comment on this post and let me know how it went! It’s fun to cheer each other on this way, too.

Schweaty November Workout

You can do this workout in the comfort or your own home, with dumbbells, a medicine ball and a stability ball, or at the gym. Be prepared for staring potential from other gym-goers at your hardcore-ness. The cardio blasts in the workout make it FLY by and will leave you very nice and schweaty. Repeat on non-consecutive days or into your current fitness schedule as you’d like- hope you enjoy it!

*As always, check with a doc before making any fitness changes and honor your body and injuries <3

Warm-up

Cardio of choice, 5-7 minutes (moderate intensity)

Bench step-ups

3 sets of 12 on each side

Pogo jumps (Stand with one leg lifted –knee is bent- reach down and touch the floor, bringing the leg behind you and keeping it lifted, jump up upon straightening back to starting position)

30 seconds on each side

Walking push-ups

1 minute to the right, 1 minute to the left

Bicep countdown curls

First do 10, 9, 8, and so on, but when you get to 1, do 10

Overhead press and calf raise

3 sets of 15

Medicine ball slam

1 minute

Medicine ball toe taps

1 minute

Alphabet abs- with legs on top of a stability ball (plank position), draw your knees and the ball in towards your chest and start to “draw” the alphabet using the ball

I really like your workouts, but I have yet to try any of them. Part of the reason is I’ve been on a exercise hiatus and I have no idea how to jump back in. Your workouts seems a little tough for someone like me, who is probably back at square one. Maybe for a “Focus On” post you could offer advice on how to get started, or how to get back in after you’ve fallen off the bandwagon?

I agree with Blake (Hi Blake!). I used to be a hardcore exerciser, but now I’m an occasional exerciser because it’s so frustrating. I’ve fallen somewhat out of shape and it’s hard for me to start from the ground up again. I keep wanting to jump back in but then I A) hurt myself and B) get really discouraged.

I wish this was posted a bit earlier this morning!! I was avidly checking for it while I was getting sweaty at the gym earlier! I suppose it’ll have to wait until Monday. I’m looking forward to it!
I’ve added so many of your ab burner moves into my regular workout routine and my abs hate (and sort of love!) you for it!!!

Renee’s organic oven always sounds so good and homestyle. I love those kinds of places that you can just go to whenever you’re in a pinch.

I definitely appreciate your circuit workouts (the schweatier the better) and the ab burners. I just thought of this – maybe you could do some complimentary burners like abs and back OR triceps and biceps OR quads and hammy’s. Over the past few years, I love that I’ve realized that even 10 min of exercise can be effective if it’s done right and I’m focused. Sure, 10 min a day won’t keep me in shape 7 days a week, but when time is short, 10 min is something.

Hey girl, this workout looks stellar. I definitely am going to try it soon. One suggestion, if I may, is to maybe put a link or explanation for each move, especially for the moves that are not as common knowledge. I may just be out of the loop, but sometimes I don’t know what some of the moves you suggest are, and I am normally able to google them, but it would be helpful if you put a little explanation! (I.e. medicine ball slam and medicine ball toe taps.)

That salad looks so beautiful – I love me some goat cheese with goddess dressing! Have you ever tried Cypress Grove Purple Haze goat cheese? If you haven’t…girlfriend – you are missing out. It is flavored with fennel and lavender and is seriously foodgasmic. I get it at Whole Foods and usually buy two or three at a time!

I love the workouts of the month. I’m 6 months pregnant and I am finding it harder and harder to “want” to do my workouts so it nice that every few weeks you put a new one up. It helps keep me motivated! In fact, this blog in general motivates me.
Oh, and the more I see that chocolate peppermint almond milk concoction… I HAVE to make that this weekend for sure 🙂

I just did this workout and it was awesome!! I am definitely super schweaty! Side note: do you know of a youtube video showing the pogo jumps? I don’t think I was doing them properly and can’t find an example like you described 🙂

Woo! Tried it for the first time today and it was awesome! I can still feel it in my arms and I’m sure I’ll feel my legs will feel it tomorrow. At the end of the workout, I added a minute of bikes thinking that I hadn’t worked my abs as much as I usually like to. Within 15 seconds, I could tell that I was wrong – my abs were fatigued without me even realizing it. I’m gonna try to get past “M” on Friday!

Dearest Fitnessista,
I just finished the Schweaty November Work out and….
MY LEGS WANNA NINJA KICK YOUR BLOG IN THE BOOOTAY!…and they totally would if they weren’t so noodley!
WOW, what an amazing and humbling workout! I have wanted to try some of your work outs but was always doing other forms of exercise (keepitoutofthegutterheehee). Since I am out of town in a hotel all week I figured today was a great way to start….and now realize how out of shape I am. But, NO sad face, just determined face! I wanna get back in shape, thanks for the motivation.
ps.com I almost ATE it 5 times doing the abc abs….yeah, we’re going to incorporate that one in slowly!

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